Open Letter from Standard Oil on Ohio Prosecution Bribe Charge
Cleveland, Oct 6. Statement from Tolles on Standard Oil side of bribery allegations against former Ohio Attorney General Monnett. Memo cites George Rice interview and press reports. accuses press of fabrication and demands Monnett name the alleged bribe contacts and their associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
S. HH. Tolls
Kline, Tolles & Goff
Standard Oil Co
F. 8. Monnett
Ohio
Tolles
Manrietta
Monnett
Standard
Yelles
Manes
Bott
Kline
Rice
Rame
Octopus
Cleveland Plaindealer
New York World
Mounett
Eliuim
New York
Indiana cattle stats place Shorthorns first in value and head
Indiana figures by Mary Stubbs Moore show Shorthorns top both number and value of purebred cattle, with Werefords second. Dairy led by Jerseys, Red Polls present, total pure red cattle 20,604 valued at 143,290, plus tables on average values by breed. Also note Chicago White Sox closeness to Detroit in pennant race with standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapollis
Indiana
Mary Stubbs Moore
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
Ayrshire
Durban
Galloway
Jerseys
Miss Lora Leib Stars In The Alaskan Opera
Amusements notes highlight Miss Lora Leib as lead soprano in John Corts opera The Alaskan. It traces her early career from The Evil Eye to The Silver Slipper and The Geezer of Geek Mark Twain. The piece also includes a humorous aside about needle threading from a poet over a pair of trousers.
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Lora Leib
John Cort
Charles H. Yale
John C. Fisher
Mark Twain
The
Mayfair
Miss Leib
Beatrice Leib
Warde
James
William H. Crane
Stuart Robson
James O'Neil
Lash
Urope
Lyman H, Howe
Garrick
Philadelphia
Lyric Theatre
Cincinnati
Ohio
Euclid Ave Opera House
Cleveland
Nixon
Pittsburg
Ford
Grand Opera
Baltimore
Lyman H. Howe
Court records detail Monnett bribery claim and Squires denial
Tolles recounts a 1904 to 1899 sequence in which Monnett alleged a $400,000 bribery offer to drop Oil trust proceedings. Documents named Mr B Squires, a former Standard Oil figure, who denied the charges publicly. The Kansas City event quotes Monnett calling the claim lies and defending himself while noting court actions to strike the bill of information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolles
Monnett
Ohio Supreme Court
Oil Trust
Mars Yolles
B. Squires
Standard Oil Co
Cleveland
New York
New York World
Folles
Squires
Supreme Court
Standard of Co
Kansas City
Franks
Ohio
Standard Ofl Company
H. Tolles
Wild threats and theft strike Needmore area village
A vandal or group posted a threatening note on Mrs. Sarah Kelley’s door near Needmore and then ransacked her home while she was away. Furniture and bedding were removed and scattered, with the house left in disarray. Nearby notices describe a power incident in Shelbyville and a tobacco sale probe among local students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Ind
Sarah Kelley
Needmore
Riverside lots and farm bargains near town
Real estate brief: Two fine Riverside lots one block from street car with a cottage and barn pay ing eight percent on total cost only eight hundred dollars. Room for four houses. A real farm bargain near town for two thousand five hundred dollars. Another for one thousand five hundred dollars. G. B. Arnold, fat 109 N Second or Gas block. Penelope None better than Gold Medal Flour Veronica.
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G. B. Arnold
Mixture of baseball box scores and theater notices
A garbled page summarizes baseball results with hits and errors across games in New York Boston Philadelphia Brooklyn Chicago St. Louis and Cleveland, plus a stream of theater previews and reviews for Lora Leib, Alas kan, Lifeorama at Bucklen theatre and The Wolf at Bucklen, with details on performers, venues, dates in October and ticket prices, interwoven with miscellaneous entertainment notes.
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Chicago
Sox
Detroit
National
Cheago
Pittsburg
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Thoston
Turkey
McCarthy
Bowerman
Ames
McGinnity
Bresnalan
Needham
Philidelphia
Philadelphia
Wilhelm
Juan
Sparks
Jacklitsch
Yalpe
Brooskyn
McIntyre
Donny
Moore
Donnn
Chiesa
Chicinnuti
Gates Scherlulod
Chieaun
Aggaw Tog
Dpweiruit
F. Uhlenge I
Summers
Mullen
Schmidt
Walsh
Sullivan
Warshington
Washington
S. Washington
J. Washington
Smith, Street
Coombs
Lapp
Brerors
Lyman H. Howes
Bucklen Theatre
Naples
India
Rome
Niagara
Sicily
England
London
Reedham
Princess Theatre
Mac
United States
Bucklen
Amertcan I
Nv. L
St OS
Cleveland
York
Curious Bellary Wedding Custom Involves Mock Attentions
A Brahman wedding rite in Bellary involves a grotesque effigy of the bridegroom's father carried in a street procession under a sieve with onion tassels. The bridegroom's mother washes its feet and marks its forehead, while other female relatives receive mock attentions from the bride's party, as reported by St James' Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellary
India
St. James
Five Men Order Sweets In Light Lunch Cafe
In a Judge's Library narrative, five men enter a light lunch cafe. The first orders coffee cake and coffee, the second milk biscuit and milk, the third tea buns and tea, the fourth cocoanut pie and cocoa, and the fifth asks for ice cream and ice water amid a playful exchange with the waiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge's Library
Vinol Endorsed by Charleston Druggist in Wareroom Ad
C A Potterfield of Charleston West Virginia and J F Bradley of New Brunswick New Jersey praise Vinol the cod liver preparation as effective for strengthening the elderly weak children and curing throat and lung troubles. The ad promises a money back offer if it fails to satisfy from Houseworth Bros Elkhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Potterfield
Charleston
W. Va
J. F. Bradley
New Brunswick
N. J
Vinci
Houseworth
Elkhart
Be of Good Cheer Tag Day Reminder
Riverside Cleaning Works advertises a Tag Day on October 17 at the Maple Row and Michigan street corner. BD L Martin, proprietor, urges community support and offers home phone 3 on 1375 for inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Cleaning Works
Maple Row
Michigan St
L. Martin
Father William's Indian Tea Promises Health Benefits
An advertisement touts Father William's Indian Tea as purifying the blood and cleansing the system to treat catarrh hay fever asthma bronchus coughs and colds. It claims better results than rivals and lists 20 cent tea or tablet forms sold by BE D Miller and F H Bentz Co. Also notes a residence for sale at 114 South Second Street belonging to the late W H Mann with immediate possession and inquiries directed to James H State, Attorney for W H Mann Lumber Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Main
F. H. Bentz & Co
South Second Street
W. H. Mann
Second Street
James H. State
W. H. Mann Lumber Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monett
Standard Oil
State Supreme Court
Hoosier State
Whitecap
Alged
Miranda
George
Shelbyville
Indianapolis
Alfred Lee
Hneman
Prescott
Muncie
Arle Wright
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Hanly
Columbus
Penelope
Veronica
John Corts
Bucklea Theatre
Eugene Walter
Lowell
the Daily Review
HAT Tee Barties Bucklen Theatre
Sam 5S
LEE Shubert Inc
Great Hudson Bay Company
Chicago Opera House
Garrick ‘Theatre
Beardsley Ave
Stark
Monger Block
Geo. Schaf
Bik
Simpson Abstract Office
High ST. W. A. Billows
Mgr
Burlen Theatre
Colma
California
Jack Epstein
Bucklen Theatre Notice
Ameri
Sale
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